What other scriptures describe God's judgment similarly to Isaiah 24:18? Isaiah 24:18 in View “Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.” (Isaiah 24:18) Old-Testament Echoes of Pit, Snare, and No Escape • Jeremiah 48:43-44 — “Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab… Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare; for I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.” • Lamentations 3:47 — “Panic and pit have come upon us—devastation and destruction.” • Amos 5:18-19 — “Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! … It will be like a man who flees from a lion only to meet a bear, or enters his house and rests his hand against the wall only to be bitten by a snake.” • Ezekiel 12:13 — “I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare.” • Isaiah 8:15 — “Many will stumble; they will fall and be broken, ensnared and captured.” Passages Highlighting Cosmic Shaking and Opened Heavens • Genesis 7:11 — “All the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.” • Haggai 2:6 — “In just a little while, I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.” • Nahum 1:5 — “The mountains quake before Him, the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence.” • Psalm 18:15 — “The channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were exposed at Your rebuke, O LORD.” • Joel 3:15-16 — “The sun and moon will grow dark… The LORD will roar from Zion… The heavens and the earth will tremble.” New-Testament Echoes of Inescapable Judgment • Hebrews 12:26-27 — “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well… so that what cannot be shaken may remain.” • Revelation 6:12-17 — “There was a great earthquake… every mountain and island was moved from its place… ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne.’” • 1 Thessalonians 5:3 — “While people are saying, ‘Peace and security,’ destruction will come upon them suddenly… and they will not escape.” Shared Themes to Notice • No safe hiding place—flight only leads to deeper peril (pit, snare, net). • Creation itself convulses—earthquakes, opened heavens, cosmic darkness. • Judgment arrives suddenly and comprehensively, underscoring God’s absolute sovereignty. • Every passage affirms the certainty of God’s righteous reckoning and the futility of resisting or outrunning it. |
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